measured and we'll talk oscar and fame. that's all for us tonight. you two stay here. >>> welcome to this special "ac 360" guns under fire. in the nearly seven weeks since the rampage in newtown, connecticut, silenced 27 lives, a national debate over guns has only grown louder and more urgent. there was a shooting just today in a middle school in southeast atlanta. a student was hit, so the need for action is clear. often, however, the debate ends in shouting and arguing. which is why don't we want to have a discussion that zeros in on key issues and what goals, if any, are actually achievable. we have many here with different experiences, different opinions and backgrounds, they're all represented in this room. gun control advocates, people opposed to greater gun control, victims of crime, people who use guns to protect themselves and their family. we start with a look at what is at stake. columbine, virginia tech, aurora, newtown, an all too familiar pattern, mass shootings followed by a national dialogue on one of the most polarizing issues in america, gun control, but any attempt

certainly inspirational for all of us and for journalists as well. you can see "open heart" on hbo later this year." anderson cooper 360" starts now. jake tapper is in. >>> tonight only on "360." the high cost of health care is enough to make you sick and making some people rich. hospital ceos making 2 million, 5 million, nearly $10 million a year, running nonprofits, and who is paying for it? well, you are. we'll show you how and how hospitals try to camouflage the bills loaded with bull. >>> later why on earth is this man smiling? he came within inches of death by avalanche and lived to tell his incredible story. you will hear from him in the studio tonight. >>> two major developments in the blade runner bail hearing. a striking change in the defendant's demeanor. and, two, the kind of twist you would be laughed at for trying to put in a movie. no one would believe it. a key member of the prosecution, the lead detective on the case, revealed to be an alleged would-be killer. granted, a celebrity defendant with a glamorous and sympathetic victim never meant this would be a run of

great pleasure seeing you. >> i have enjoyed it, as always. >> come back soon. that's it for us tonight. anders jake tapper in for anderson cooper. >>> the high cost of healthcare is enough to make you sick and some people are getting rich. 4 million, and even $10 million a year, running nonprofits. who is paying for it? why you are, of course. we will show you how and how hospitals try to camouflage the bills loaded with bull. >>> later, why on earth is this man smiling? he came within inches of death by avalanche and lived to tell his incredible story. you will hear from him tonight. >>> we begin with two major developments in the blade runner bail hearing. one a striking change in his demeanor and the twist you would laugh at for putting it in a movie. the investigator in the case, a would-be killer. now this was never going to be a run of the mill court proceeding. but the way things are going, this isn't even close. and bottom line, one of the fastest runs alive is now on a slow strange and sad walk through his country's criminal justice system. more on day three of the bail hearin

crime, people who use guns to protect themselves and their family. we start with a look at what happened today. >> columbine, virginia tech, aurora, newtown, an all too familiar pattern, mass shootings followed by a national dialogue on one of the most polarizing issues in america, gun control, but any attempt to alter our relatively easy access to guns rarely gets off the ground. the last time federal gun control legislation was passed was in 1994, a year after a shooter armed with semiautomatic hand guns shot and killed eight people in an office building in downtown san francisco. the shooter was reportedly able to fire 30 shots without reloading, causing outrage among gun control advocates. >> the 19 assault weapons banned in this proposal are deadly, danchs weapons. they were designed for one purpose only, to kill people. >> the manufacturing of magazines with more than ten rounds of ammunition was banned for ten years. but still, the shootings continued. in 1999, 23 people were wounded and 13 killed at columbine high school. the shooters used semiautomatic weapons they obta

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? they're making fuel from pond scum. >> giving the challenges ahead of us with global warming, this is a solution. >> which is why pond scum is so perfect. it's low cost, renewable, and it's a raw material that can be converted into by ofuels that can then be used in diesel engines. this man said his goal is to produce e-gas at the same cost as oil. to bring it to the same level as oil. we think about $100 a barrel for the fuel. >> and this isn't a pipe dream for 2020 or some far out year. they're rolling out in germany in may. it can use diesel and gas. it can go as far as 775 miles. >> this car underlines audi's belief that gas, natural gas, has a future. >> audi said e-gas will be available for everyone at the exact same price as diesel here in the united states by 2016. >> what makes it a rock star? engineering. truth in engineering, yeah. innovation? yes, product innovation. >> pretty incredible that it could be running on pond scum so quickly. thanks, as always, for watching. a special "ac 360" guns under fire, town hall starts now. >> welcome to this special "ac 360" guns und

sort of bloodied cricket bat. what was that used for? we'll find out hopefully in court and we can't remember reeva steenkamp. gets buried tomorrow, her parents, only child, friends have to say good bye to a young woman who seemed so beautiful and bubbly, and, of course, everybody here, asking that same question. why? why did he do it? what was the motivation? no answers on that one either. we'll keep you posted. back to you. >> robyn, thank you very much. that's all for us tonight. "anderson cooper" starts now. >>> thanks, piers, good evening, everyone. it's 10:00 p.m. on the east coast. a terrifying explanation of why adam lanza chose the target he did. and there is this. a face in the crowd when president obama was speaking out against kids being gunned down in chicago. just hours later, her young life was forever changed. also tonight, we've also been there. a crowded flight, a crying baby, but no matter how bad it gets, who would ever, ever slap the baby? we'll show you the man who did and speak with the baby's parents. >>> we begin with breaking news. a chilling answer to why d

. that's all for us tonight. "anderson cooper" starts now. >>> thanks, piers, good evening, everyone. it's 10:00 p.m. on the east coast. a terrifying explanation of why adam lanza chose the target he did. and there is this. a face in the crowd when president obama was speaking out against kids being gunned down in chicago. just hours later, her young life was forever changed. also tonight, we've also been there. a crowded flight, a crying baby, but no matter how bad it gets, who would ever, ever slap the baby? we'll show you the man who did and speak with the baby's parents. >>> we begin with breaking news. a chilling answer to why did adam lanza target sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut? why that school to assault? law enforcement sources telling cbs news' tells us that it may lie overseas. brevick murdered 77 people in norway. two criminologists on the mind of this killer and the one who may have tried to emulate him. we'll be joined by them shortly. let's get through some other important news. we begin with the explosive allegations against the united states sena

guns illegally. >> i want to turn back to the personal. neil hessling who joins us tonight. >> you spoke today about your last moments with your son. as you think back to that day what memory sticks out to you the most? >> the most touching was when he got out of the truck and unbuckled his seatbelt and embraced me and was patting me on the back and was holding me. >> why is it so important for you to have been in washington today and testify and speak about gun control and your son? >> well, i just feel that it is something i have to do. i feel i'm his voice and i feel there has to think chabe change be effective. >> you talked today about changes in mental health laws and background checks and gun control legislation and high capacity magazines one or all of these things to be acted upon? >> i think any changes is going to help. but i think for it to be um significant change and they all have to take place what happened in sandy hook elementary there were many factors that lead to that. the main cause was an assault style weapon that was carried out in the massacre out. the main

want to see it. and all of you who like us were flabbergasted by boat, if you had $1.5 billion, what would you do with it? let me know on twitter. thanks for watching. "anderson cooper 360" starts right now. >>> erin, thanks. breaking news tonight in the sandy hook massacre. a possible motive emerging. a terrifying explanation of why adam lanza chose the target he did. and there is this. a face in the crowd when president obama was speaking out against kids being gunned down in chicago. just hours later, her young life was forever changed. >> also tonight, we've all been there, a crowded flight, a crying baby. but no matter how bad it gets, would you ever, ever slap the baby? we're going to show you the man who allegedly did do that, and talk to the baby's parents. >>> well, we begin with breaking news right now. potential answer, an utterly chilling one to the question, why did serial killer adam lanza target the sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut. why did he pick that school to assault? law enforcement sources telling cbs news, the answer may lie across the atlant

shooting at an intruder in the bathroom. taking the stand, investigating officers say pistorius used a cricket back to break down the bathroom door. the bat and the cellphone were found splattered with blood. using a diagram projected at a large screen, the officers said pistorius aimed his gun at the toilet, pointing out that he had to turn and fire at an angle in order to hit the toilet. more prosecution evidence, a floor plan of the apartment, which the state says shows pistorius could not have crossed the bedroom towards the bathroom without realizing steenkamp was not in bed. defense attorneys pressed the police officer who admitted that steenkamp's body had no signs of an assault or signs of her defending herself. the officer also conceding he could find nothing inconsistent with pistorius's version of events. prosecutors say police found bullets in a safe in the home and they say that will lead to charges of possessing illegal ammunition, but later the investigator said they did not establish whose ammunition it was. prosecutors say there's no way the killing of steenkamp was se

pistorius should be kept in jail until a trial. >> robyn curnow is joining us now. an affidavit from reeva's best friend was also read in court. and i'm quoting, she said she could see a future with him. she said if oscar asked her to marry him, she'd probably say yes. so what was the reaction by pistorius and the rest of the courtroom, for that matter, when hearing that? >> you know, i wish we'd had video of it to show you. i mean, it was heartwrenching in many ways. oscar pistorius absolutely broke down in tears every time reeva's name was mentioned. and at that particular moment, he just sobbed and sobbed uncontrollably. at one point in the proceedings, i thought he was going to hyperventilate, that they'd need to get a medic in to try to assist him. he really was quite broken, quite traumatized, but the descriptions of how they were happy together, that, you know, perhaps she had thoughts of marrying him really, really touched him. and i think there was also that reminder that we still don't know whether he's innocent or guilty. you know, there's a lot of speculation out there at

to oprah winfrey but will he talk to them? that's all for us tonight. "a.c. 360" starts for us now. tonight, a pretty stunning statement about governor chris christie, a man who could one day be president or run for president. quote, i'm worried about this man dying in office. christie is also speaking out about his health. our question tonight, could someone who is considered overweight also be considered healthy. we have answers for you ahead. "360" m.d. sanjay gupta will join us for that. also, why some people build bunkers. what drives them to prepare for everything from natural disasters to the end of the world as he see it. >>> we begin tonight with breaking news. the first look at the bunker jimmy lee dykes turned into a prison cell for a 5-year-old boy and a kind of twisted alamo where he made his final fatal stand. a bunker we're now learning that included two bombs. the fbi just released the photos. this is the bunker itself. the blue tent was added to preserve any evidence that may be underneath. now, as you can see, official vehicles surround the property. the sheriff's

one. ben wedeman is in cairo tonight and joins us from there. friday is usually a big day for protests in the mideast because it's a day for prayer, in the mosques, and thaen come out and protest. >> this week, it wasn't just friday. it was all week long we had protests and clashes. we were outside of the palace, basically the egyptian white house, where initially it was a peaceful demonstration, a mixed crowd of christians and muslims, religious and secular, young and old. very peaceful, but when the sun went down, those molotov cocktails started to be thrown over the walls. we saw young men firing fireworks over the wall as well. and the egyptian police eventually responding with tear gas and water cannons. i think one of the most disturbing images that's come out of there is these pictures broadcast live on egyptian tv of security forces, riot police, brutally beating a man who's naked on the ground. the ministry of the interior said they're going to investigate that incident, but as we have seen many times before, anderson, the ministry isn't very good at investigating itself. >> i

. >> good morning, zoraida and john. it is incredible with st. peter's behind us. i can't help but wonder what must be going through pope benedict's mind right now. we've talked about this decision, reported all the formality, the celebration, we heard him speak even yesterday in a very, very personal way about the decision he took, about the gravity of it, the novelty of it, about the joys he had in shepherding the roman catholic church over the past eight years and indeed about the sorrow and challenges he faced and the church faced as well. after all of that he's human. what must he be thinking to be the first pope in more than 600 years to step down. the first pope in more than 700 years to voluntarily step down. it's an amazing instance. we're joined here by john allen, our senior vatican analyst and correspondent for the national catholic reporter online. and what do you think is going and what will his meetings with the cardinals be like this morning? >> well, you know, benedict xvi was of course himself a member of the college of cardinals for 20 plus years. he feels a brotherly b

was used in a high level test, which was safely and perfectly conducted, according to north korea. we will continue to look at that. and see what exactly that means. thank you very much from washington and in beijing. i want to get some insight from a former cnn correspondent and north korean expert. a senior fellow at the u.s. china institute at usc and the author of a book on north korea, meltdown. he joins us now. you have been falling all of these changes as they keep getting updated and we went from one point where we were reporting an artificial earthquake. we're now hearing confirmation from south korea this was a nuclear blast. china is not coming on board as yet and japan seems fairly quiet on this. just give us your reading on what is happening across the region as people are starting this information, which we must say was not a surprise. >> this was not at all a surprise. the north koreans have been making clear for several weeks now that they were planning to stage a nuclear test ban and it really was the only real question of when. the timing is interesting because this

. he spent a lot of his career working from home. even though he's learned to use his time effectively, yeah, he admits little distractions do pop up from time to time. this particular distraction can cause up to 20 minutes of play time and then of course the cleanup to chris' manuscript caused by the hairy body relaxing on his kierbd. while many people make a serious contribution working at home, there's a lot to be said for being right there, working and networking with your colleagues. nothing can replace the sudden brain storm, the interaction, the intensity of working long hours together, but we want to hear from you. how do you feel about the yahoo decision? take our poll and hey, try not to do it during work hours. "anderson cooper" starts now. >>> erin, thanks very much. good evening, everyone. we begin with breaking dmus and a warning for tens of millions of americans. three simple words that could save your life. do not travel. that's because if you do, you could get stuck in images like that. if you do, rescuers could get stuck trying to reach you. that warning, by the way,

>>> that's all for us tonight. time now for anderson cooper. begin with breaking news and a warning for tens of millions of you out there. three simple words that could save your life. do not travel. that's because if you do, you could get stuck in this. if you do, rescuers could get stuck trying to reach you. that warning by the way comes straight from the national weather service. texas, oklahoma, kansas, all getting hammered by a storm even more punishing than the one last week. we're talking about more snow in some places than people have seen in the past 42 years. and in one part of oklahoma drivers are stranded with snow piling up to six feet high in places. details on the drivers and the storm they're stuck in from chad myers in the weather center. chad. >> anderson, if you left too late to get home from work or wherever are you coming from, school, whatever, you very well may have had a very hard time getting home because the snow totals are coming down so fast. amarillo in 24 hours picked up 19" of snow and all the way down to woodward, oklahoma, wasn't even snowing this mo

for us tonight. now, "ac 360" with wolf blitzer in for anderson cooper. >> thanks, piers. good evening, everyone. it is 10:00 p.m. here on the east coast. i'm wolf blitzer in for anderson cooper. tonight, a diamond heist straight out of an action movie script, thiefs in belgium make off with $50 million in diamonds in just minutes. a highly choreographied heist. now the question, who done it? >>> also ahead, a follow-up on a "360" investigation involving a veterans hospital contaminated water and multiple cases of legionnaires' disease. tonight, just how widespread the outbreak was and why there are now accusations of a cover-up. we're keeping them honest. >>> we begin with the murder charge that captivated and horrified millions of people around the globe. today, the suspect, the olympian runner oscar pistorius gave his side of the story. in his own words, reads by i had lawyer at the bail hearing, he described in dramatic detail what led him to shoot and kill his girlfriend in the middle of the night. you're going to hear his words in a moment. while his statement was being read in c

embarrassing as north korea using a michael jackson song when they're trying to set fire to america. come on, there's currently a south korean guy setting fire to the charts if you really want to win over america and the south koreans, next time go with "gangnam style." >>> good evening. tonight a stunning statement about governor chris christie, a man who could one day be president or run for president. quote, i'm worried about this man dying in office. who says so? a former white house physician, no less, who says his luck may be rung out. chris christie himself. he's got the lowdown. sanjay gupta will join us for that. and gary tuchman investigating why people build bunkers. what drives them to prepare for everything from natural disasters to the end of the world as he see it. >>> the bunker that jimmy lee dykes turned into a prison cell for a 5-year-old boy and a kind of twisted alamo where he made his final stand. a bunker we're now learning that included two bombs. the fbi just released the photos. the blue tent was added to preserve any evidence that may be underneath. official vehicl